#174E65#174E65

#174E65 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.068 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E65
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 101)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, -9.23, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 20.69, 243.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% -0.0436 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.068 230)
XYZ	xyz(5.4258, 6.5699, 13.2916)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E65 #652E17

analogous

#176555 #174E65 #172765

triadic

#174E65 #65174E #4E6517

tetradic

#174E65 #551765 #652E17 #276517

square

#174E65 #551765 #652E17 #276517

split-complementary

#174E65 #651727 #655517

monochromatic

#061319 #0C2833 #174E65 #227497 #2E9BC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#174E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#174E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E65

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E65	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424D66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#384565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.068 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607f91',
    500: '#174e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e65;
$custom-light: #607f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39955,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.06571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E65

secondary

#9B583C

accent

#7242E6

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E65

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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